Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 28 November 1955 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sonnino, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1973–1974 | Latina | 28 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
1974–1977 | Brescia | 76 | (26) | ||||||||||||||
1977–1988 | Inter Milan | 317 | (128) | ||||||||||||||
1988–1989 | Juventus | 20 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
1989–1990 | Brescia | 32 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 473 | (172) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1980–1988 | Italy | 61 | (25) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alessandro Altobelli (Italian pronunciation: [alesˈsandro altoˈbɛlli]; born 28 November 1955) is a former professional Italian footballer who played as a forward, and who won the 1982 World Cup with Italy. Nicknamed Spillo ("Needle") for his slender build,[1] Altobelli was a prolific goalscorer and regarded as one of the greatest and most effective Italian strikers of the late 1970s and 1980s.[2][3] Altobelli is currently the all-time top scorer in the Coppa Italia, with 56 goals in 93 appearances,[1] and the ninth-highest scoring Italian player in all competitions, with almost 300 career goals.[4]